Indian duo of Pankaj vani and itya Mehra on Wednesday stormed into final of IBSF World Team Soker Championship with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Thailand here.

gruelling kckout matches

After defeating Hong Kong in a gruelling quarterfinal, Indians looked determined in semifinal against Thai pair of Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon and Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn.In end, Indians got better of ir Thai opponents 4-1 vani and Mehra will take on Thailand's . 2 team in final later on Wednesday. A win in final will take vani's world championship gold medals tally to 23 while for Mehra it will be a first-ever world title.

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Pankaj vani wins a record 22nd world title

Pankaj vani h won his record 22nd World Championship title last week. By virtue of this win, multiple-time world champion became  one sportsperson to have most World Cup or Championship gold in a game.  greatest cueist of all time, Pankaj has also won more world titles in cue sports than anyone else in world. Pankaj has been on a winning spree since 2014 as he has t lost one world title in Billiards or Soker.  

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Pankaj’s performance at  World Championship 

From word go, Pankaj was in full flow, as he typically is on biggest st. In time  gifted Indian was at halfway mark leing 3-0 with help of fluent breaks comprising of 145, 89 and 127, while local favourite Nay Thway Oo was yet to open his account. After pulling one back with breaks of 63 and 62, Oo was forced to watch Pankaj vani as he continued to extend le. Pankaj executed with flair as his sheer brilliance was on display, wowing Myanmar crowd as y couldn’t help but appreciate his mind-blowing Billiards. Pankaj secured next two frames which included a 150 unfinished break. Oo’s solitary century in final cake in penultimate frame. However, Pankaj scored a 74 break and shortly after that closed out match as he captured yet ar world title. Next up, Pankaj vani switches to Soker, competing in IBSF World Six-Red Soker and World Team Soker Championships. While first is shorter format of Soker, latter is full 15-red format. Pankaj has under a day to make transition. 

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(With PTI Inputs)